Friday 17 August 2012

Plateau

I hit a plateau (as the title so obviously implies). Well, technically, I've only been 134 for two days, but being one weight for more than one day for me, is considered a plateau.
 You know how I get when something goes wrong, I panick and research it and figure out ways to fix it. And that's what I did.
 On a site I found (can't remember which one), it suggested varying intakes. For example, I tend to try for 500 calories or lower each day. That adds up to a total of 3500 calories in one week. So the theory is, I should change up my intake daily in a way that when you add up all the intakes over seven days and divide by seven, it will still average out to five hundred.
 So, I want to put that to the test... Using the ABC diet as a base. Here's what I did:
 I started off by adding all the calories for the first seven days of the ABC diet together and dividing that number by seven. This gave me an average daily intake for those seven days. Then, I subtracted that average from 500 (the average I want). The number it gave me is the difference between my average (500) and the average for week 1 of ABC. Next, I added taht number seperately to all of the first seven days of ABC. Now I have the intake I need every day for seven days at an average of 500 daily while still varying my intake the same way the ABC diet does.
 I basically just repeated the process for the second week and third week etc. Does that explanation make sense? No? Haha, don't worry I did all the math so no one else has to. ;)
Here's my personalized ABC diet after making the changes:
1. 671
2. 671
3. 471
4. 571
5. 271
6. 371
7.471
8.614
9. 714
10. 214
11. 364
12. 414
13. 614
14. 564
15. 600
16. 550
17. 350
18. 550
19. 450
20. 350
21. 650
22. 600
23. 550
24. 500
25. 450
26. 400
27. 450
28. 550
29. 378
30. 478
31. 978
32. 178
33. 428
34. 528
35. 628
36. 178
37. 678
38. 628
39. 578
40. 528
41. 478
42. 428
43. 415
44. 415
45. 465
46. 415
47. 515
48. 415
49. 365
50. FAST

So, basically all I did was alter the ABC diet so that the average daily intake is 500 calories instead.
Don't believe me? Take the first seven intakes of the original ABC diet, add 171 to each intake. Then add all seven of the new intakes together and divide that number by 7. It should equal about 500 (give or take one or two calories).
Yep, so I'm starting that on Monday. Until then I'll try and will myself into not plateauing anymore... Fun.
Wish me luck :)
~ Cleosparks

9 comments:

  1. That confused me so much. But it seems logical, and like it will work.
    Good luck, let me know how it goes.

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    1. Haha, oh the confusion of mathematics ;P Thanks!

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  2. Wow, I'm jealous of your planning skills! I can never stick to any kind of plan I make for daily intake, let alone several weeks worth! I hope it all goes well for you, this little plateau will disappear in no time.
    <3

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  3. Hey hun, I know how hard you work and I'm sure you will be past this plateau really soon. I like your plan, so well thought out. Good luck and take care!
    Alice xx

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    1. Thank you, I'm really hoping things go as planned.

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  4. Keep working hard! You can do it :)

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  5. Did it work? I've been stuck on 117 lbs for three weeks now...

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